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Take heed of credit decaid, and people that have nothing.
Take heed of credit decaid, and people that have nothing.
The mother endures with greater courage the loss of one out many
children, than she who, in her tears, read more
The mother endures with greater courage the loss of one out many
children, than she who, in her tears, exclaims, "Thou wast my
only one!"
When your throat is parched with thirst, do you desire a cup of
gold?
When your throat is parched with thirst, do you desire a cup of
gold?
The woman that deliberates is lost.
The woman that deliberates is lost.
Pardons and pleasantnesse are great revenges of slanders.
Pardons and pleasantnesse are great revenges of slanders.
What you do for an ungrateful man is thrown away.
What you do for an ungrateful man is thrown away.
A wise man does nothing by constraint.
A wise man does nothing by constraint.
. . . it is hard for thee to kick against the pricks.
. . . it is hard for thee to kick against the pricks.
She nourishes the poison in her veins and is consumed by a secret
fire.
She nourishes the poison in her veins and is consumed by a secret
fire.
